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<p><a href="our.html"><code>our</code></a> makes a lexical alias to a package (i.e. global) variable of the same name in the current package for use within the current lexical scope.</p>

<p><a href="our.html"><code>our</code></a> has the same scoping rules as <a href="my.html"><code>my</code></a> or <a href="state.html"><code>state</code></a>, meaning that it is only valid within a lexical scope. Unlike <a href="my.html"><code>my</code></a> and <a href="state.html"><code>state</code></a>, which both declare new (lexical) variables, <a href="our.html"><code>our</code></a> only creates an alias to an existing variable: a package variable of the same name.</p>

<p>This means that when <code>use strict &#39;vars&#39;</code> is in effect, <a href="our.html"><code>our</code></a> lets you use a package variable without qualifying it with the package name, but only within the lexical scope of the <a href="our.html"><code>our</code></a> declaration. This applies immediately--even within the same statement.</p>

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use strict;

$Foo::foo = 23;

{
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<p>This works even if the package variable has not been used before, as package variables spring into existence when first used.</p>

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use strict;

our $foo = 23;   # just like $Foo::foo = 23

print $Foo::foo; # prints 23</code></pre>

<p>Because the variable becomes legal immediately under <code>use strict &#39;vars&#39;</code>, so long as there is no variable with that name is already in scope, you can then reference the package variable again even within the same statement.</p>

<pre><code>package Foo;
use strict;

my  $foo = $foo; # error, undeclared $foo on right-hand side
our $foo = $foo; # no errors</code></pre>

<p>If more than one variable is listed, the list must be placed in parentheses.</p>

<pre><code>our($bar, $baz);</code></pre>

<p>An <a href="our.html"><code>our</code></a> declaration declares an alias for a package variable that will be visible across its entire lexical scope, even across package boundaries. The package in which the variable is entered is determined at the point of the declaration, not at the point of use. This means the following behavior holds:</p>

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our $bar;      # declares $Foo::bar for rest of lexical scope
$bar = 20;

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<p>Multiple <a href="our.html"><code>our</code></a> declarations with the same name in the same lexical scope are allowed if they are in different packages. If they happen to be in the same package, Perl will emit warnings if you have asked for them, just like multiple <a href="my.html"><code>my</code></a> declarations. Unlike a second <a href="my.html"><code>my</code></a> declaration, which will bind the name to a fresh variable, a second <a href="our.html"><code>our</code></a> declaration in the same package, in the same scope, is merely redundant.</p>

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our $bar = 30; # declares $Bar::bar for rest of lexical scope
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